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Li Fuzhong in the inner city of Jiaozhou.

Li Chao was dressed in a simple white cotton robe, and he sat at the table, writing hard. The pen is gone, and a letter is quickly written.

The war began.

It would take at least a month for the envoys from Hanjing to reach Jiaozhou.

This is the most precious time to respond before the messenger arrives.

To rebel, several conditions are first required. Once there is prestige, there is no one to follow without prestige. Second, you have to have authority, such as a feudal official in a place or a military general in a town, and there are people in this place. Of course, the most important thing is to be famous, if there is no righteous name, then the rebellion is just a rebellion.

In addition, in fact, the most important thing is to have soldiers, territory, money and food.

For Li Chao, he now has soldiers, a lot of soldiers, and even more money and food. But his primary concern now is not these, but people's hearts.

As soon as the flag is raised, who will be on their side.

Can Lingnan quickly form a piece?

If even the internal stability is unstable, then how can they talk about raising troops.

Although the prince is also very popular in Lingnan, Li Chao will not be conceited that everyone in Lingnan is looking for the prince.

First of all, take advantage of the time difference to figure out who is a friend and who is an enemy, and who will be the centrist. Only when you distinguish friend or foe can you contact your own people and seize the opportunity at the first time.

The army that should rebel must rebel, and the city that should be controlled must be controlled.

Another letter to an old subordinate was written.

Zhang Zhongjian and Cui Yan came in.

One of these two is his old partner, the two have been planning for many years, and at this time they are finally going to raise troops, and Zhang Zhongjian is the most credible person.

The 50,000 soldiers and horses in Nanyang are now mainly controlled by Zhang Zhongjian.

And Cui Yan, his brother-in-law, is also his protégé. He was originally the protector of Annan and is now the governor of Funan. In his hands, it was the many armies of Quang Nam and Linyi. Most of the officers of the official army are familiar with him.

"Wen Yuan, call us urgently, something?"

"Hmm." Li Chao nodded, "There is an urgent message to inform you, Your Majesty has already known about our troops and horses, and he also said at the imperial meeting that the crown prince has rebelled against us, and now he has sent someone to summon us back to Beijing." ”

Zhang Zhongjian was very calm.

When I heard the news, I just laughed.

"And then? The messenger has come to summon us back to Beijing, but what if we return to Beijing? ”

"Obviously, if we go back, the crown prince will definitely not be able to keep the position of prince, and I will definitely not be able to keep my head too. What worries me the most is that because of this incident, there will be a big change in the new policy of the DPRK and China. Perhaps His Majesty will change the system of feudalism, or abolish Parliament as a result. ”

Li Chao said bluntly, "I will not return to Beijing, and I will not let the prince return to Beijing." I don't want to lose my life, nor do I want to see all the years of our efforts come to naught. ”

"So what do you want to do? Since the emperor has said that we are rebelling at the imperial council, I am afraid that this matter will not be so easy to settle. ”

Li Chao said, "This time it's serious, the emperor has besieged my Hanjing's mansion and sent troops to seize my various industries, and the storm is coming." ”

Cui Yan sat on the side and was silent.

These news were shocking, but since Li Chao was very calm, he had no reason to panic more. When encountering major events, it is even more necessary to be calm.

He was just worried about Han Jing's wife and children, as well as his sister and nephews.

"The Emperor's envoy is still about a month away, and we still have time. Uncle Zhang, I have already talked with the prince, and the prince does not plan to go back, he agrees to raise troops. ”

Zhang Zhongjian stroked his tendrils.

He is not afraid of rebellion, but what slogan to use.

The crown prince rebelled against the emperor, which is not a good thing.

"Protector, Qingjun side!" Li Chao said five words.

You can't directly say that the emperor can't do it, and you can't directly play the banner of the prince rebelling against the emperor, and that kind of banner lacks the name of righteousness.

"We said that there were traitors around the emperor who bewitched the emperor, and slandered the emperor to abolish the crown prince, stop the new law, remove the feudal feud, and dismiss the parliament. We raised our troops to protect the Dharma and clear the king's side! ”

If it's just a rebellion, or a son rebelling against his father, it's a seizure of the throne, I'm afraid that not many people will support them.

But if it is the protector of the law, it is the side of the Qing monarch, and it is not the emperor who says the opposite, but the traitorous ministers in the court, this is completely different.

"Won't the crown prince ascend the throne immediately?" Zhang Zhongjian asked.

Li Chao shook his head.

Now that the crown prince has ascended the throne in Lingnan, there is no benefit.

"We are a Dharma protection movement, a just Dharma protection war. The crown prince will not ascend the throne until the traitors on the king's side are eliminated, and the prince will be in the name of the prison state. ”

Establishing the slogan of the army is the first priority, and this is the program of action.

Without this, you will be unknown and will not be supported by others.

"Uncle Zhang, I have written many letters to contact all parties. Now, I have a task for the two of you. Uncle Zhang, go back to Nanyang immediately, and don't care about the natives in Nanyang for now. Bring our army over, 50,000 men, all of them. Also, we have brought with us all those arms stockpiles in various parts of the South Seas. ”

These 50,000 people are the cornerstone of Li Chao's army this time.

These are not official armies, they were a private army secretly built by Li Chao and them from the beginning. They are mercenaries, they do not work for the court.

"Master Zhang, you must control the morale of the army, although those people are mercenaries, there may be supporters of the emperor in them."

Li Chao must remind people.

"Don't worry, I'll bring the troops back as soon as possible."

Li Chao called Cui Yan again.

"Well, what's really in your mind right now? You can say it straight. ”

Cui Yan sighed, "I just didn't expect that I would come to this point." ”

Li Chao smiled.

"I know, you must think I'm a bit of a toss-up. If I can let go of everything, don't meddle in court affairs, and be an idler in Beijing leisurely, I will definitely have a good death. Gorou, I used to think the same way. But later, I changed my mind, not how greedy I was for power, I just wanted to protect this prosperous Tang Dynasty, and I didn't want him to be short-lived and fleeting. I hope that Datang can go further. ”

"I may not die well, I may end up with the title of a rebellious minister and thief, or even worse, but the sages said well, how great the ability is, how great the responsibility."

Cui Yan nodded, expressing some understanding, after all, he had followed Li Chao for so many years and knew many of the teacher's thoughts of ordinary people. "However, now that your family is trapped in Beijing, and the Li family's property has been copied, don't you regret it?"

"To be honest, I really didn't expect the emperor to suddenly turn his face, I thought that even if he knew about the existence of this army in Nanyang, he couldn't find out about me for a while, at most it was some suspicions, there was no real evidence The emperor at this time, he always has to take care of the overall situation, I thought I still had a lot of time."

This is the truth, Li Chao really didn't expect that Li Shimin would act so quickly and decisively this time.

But a lot of things, that's it, plans can't keep up with the changes.

Li Shimin didn't need evidence at all, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

The 50,000-strong army, a huge military industrial system that is out of the control of the imperial court and deployed overseas, all means that it may have been planning for a long time, or even for many years, and it is more likely that there is a huge group behind it.

These were extremely shocking and threatening to the emperor.

Especially the crown prince and Li Chao are no longer in the capital.

Someone also reminded the emperor to stay quiet and start slowly. At least let the prince and Li Chao go back to Beijing first, but the prince and Li Chao have just left Beijing, and it is impossible to come back in a year. Even he believed that Li Chao would definitely know that he knew about the 50,000 private troops, and at the end of the year, they might not necessarily come back.

It's like an encounter, although both sides have detailed plans before the war, but they encounter unexpectedly, all the plans are useless, and you can only take one step at a time.

"Wulang, you have been in Jiaozhou for many years, and the generals here are familiar with you. You also commanded the battle to destroy Linyi with Uncle Zhang, and the Linyi army was also disbanded by you. Now I have an important task for you, you should immediately contact the generals of Quang Nam and Linyi, and win them to our side. ”

"Pull as many officers as you can, and pull as many troops as you can."

"At night, I will occupy Jiaozhou, and later, I will immediately lead my army north and first control Qinzhou and Guangzhou. At that time, I will serve the crown prince to supervise the country in Guangzhou and issue a document on the side of the Qing monarch. ”

"We must seize the whole of Lingnan and Fujian before the imperial army goes south to crusade. At that time, Wuling and Wuyi Mountain will be used as barriers to guard the mountain passages everywhere. ”

In this era, Lingnan was isolated from the Central Plains, although the Qin Emperor and the Han Wu army had conquered Lingnan, but there were only a few routes to march, which were relatively fixed. At the same time, those routes were very difficult to travel, but they could lead to the army, but it was difficult to reach the merchants.

As long as Li Chao seizes the opportunity and occupies the dangerous pass in the mountains, he can play the role of being a husband and a man.

In the late Tang Dynasty, before Huangchao opened up the Xianxia Ancient Road to connect Zhejiang and Jiangxi, it was a very closed area, and Li Chao could very well shield Guangzhou as long as he could seize here.

Although it can also come by sea, it can quickly invest in the large army at sea, even if the imperial court has a lot of forbidden army sailors, they can come across the sea, and it is not advantageous, because Li Chao also has advanced warships and advanced navigation technology on his side.

However, the imperial court went on an expedition to fight, but Li Chao waited for work at ease, fought locally, had complementary advantages, and had a port to defend.

This aspect is completely advantageous.

"We want to guard Lingnan?"

"Of course not." Li Chao told them, "We will definitely go north to the Central Plains, but not now." We have to stabilize our feet first, and we have to stabilize our interior. You can't just go north and let your backyard catch fire. ”

Zhang Zhongjian appreciated Li Chao's clear thinking.

There was no panic, no urgency.

The two got up, said goodbye to Li Chao, and went to recruit troops and horses.

Send the two away.

Li Chao called his eldest son Li Jing, who was standing guard outside, "Go and invite your Uncle Ma!"

Fourteen-year-old Li Jing looked worried, "Father, are we going to rebel?" ”

"We will raise troops to protect the law."

"Isn't this still a rebellion?"

Li Chao smiled, stretched out his hand and patted his eldest son on the shoulder, "Yes, we rebelled, let's go." ”

"Dad, mother, what should they do?"

"Daddy will get them out, you don't have to worry."

Li Jing left worriedly, Li Chao looked at his background, and then at the other four sons standing guard in the distance. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, if he couldn't rescue Cui Yingying and them, then he would only be left with Du Shiniang and Zheng Wanyan, the two concubines who left Beijing with him this time, and Li Jing and other five older sons.